"The New Girl"
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To the reviewer who would like to know the ages of the characters, I'm going to say that Alex is 18; Spencer, Hanna and Maya are 17; Emily is 16. I think making her younger works in this story. She will turn 17 in late fall, November or December. Any preferences as to when you would like her birthday to be?
Rated T for Teen.
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"Just how, just how much fun we're gonna have hanging out this year." Please buy it!
Maya turns her head slightly and narrows one eye at me smiling. It's like she's 'Hmmming' what I said not sure if I'm being upfront with her. She's right about that but I have the right to keep things to myself. The biggest thing being who I really am…
Chapter 3: Getting to Know You
After the movie we say our goodbyes and I'm about to leave but Maya stops me.
"Em, I didn't see your car when I came over so how are you getting home?" She actually looks concerned which makes my insides tingle. I can't get over how she makes me feel and we literally just met!
"Oh, I walked over. It's not far."
"But it's dark now. I don't like that you're walking home alone at night." Wow! She really is concerned! I have to really control my urge to pucker my lips and close my eyes in the hopes she'll kiss me!
"She's right Em, I'll drive you home," Spencer wakes me from my temporary insanity.
"No, Spence, I'll take her," Maya slides her hand up and down my arm. Chills!
"Maya, its fine, I can do it." Spencer she said she would do it!
"No really, let me. It will give us a chance to talk one on one so I can see if she's into me."
Into me? Goosebumps! Oh shit, what is she saying!
"What the freshness Maya!" Spencer laughs.
"You know what I meant." Do we?
"Maya, I'm into you as friends and Emily will be into you as friends too." No, not as friends!
"What are you the conversation police?" We laugh cuz it's sort of funny. "So I skipped a few words, what of it," she winks at me.
"You don't want to send out mixed signals, now do you?" Spencer challenges.
"I'm not," she looks directly into my eyes. What the fuck is happening! "Emily knows what I meant. Don't you?" She's asking me? Like for me to say something out loud!
"Sure." That's all I got. I want her to be into me but I don't know if that's what she meant. I'm so confused right now! Please just somebody take me home!
"Spence, I got this. Em, you ready?" Her hand reaches up to squeeze my shoulder and continues all the way down to my fingertips. Leaving a trail of electricity coursing through my veins!
I hug Spencer, "Thank you so much. I had such a great time catching up with you." I let her go and look at my beautiful new friend, "And I had a great time getting to know you Maya. I had a lot of fun tonight. I missed that."
"Aww, you're too cute for words," Maya says again with her signature, "Mwah!"
Maya and Spencer hug each other and it bothers me but it shouldn't. They're just friends!
We walk over to Maya's and I can feel her checking me out or at least I think she is but I'm afraid to look. What if she is and we make eye contact! That would be so awkward! Wouldn't it?
"I'm just gonna run in and get my keys. You can get in if you want. I'll be right back." She bounces into her house. And what a bounce it is!
I turn towards the driveway and my mouth drops to the ground, "Damn! That's a nice ride."
I walk over to the passenger side letting myself into her blue two door convertible sports car. This is awesome! I relax into her soft leather seats leaning my head back against the headrest with images of speeding down the highway to…who cares! She's driving with one hand on the wheel and one hand on my bare leg tapping my inner thigh! And my hand sits on her shoulder gently massaging it between my thumb and fingers. Our hair blows back and she looks at me and I look at her and…
The car door slams shut scaring the shit out of me!
"Huh!" I cry out!
"Whoa, relax it's just me. Damn girl where were you just now and what were you doing and who were you doing it with?!" she laughs.
"What? Oh nothing. I was…I was just admiring your car. It's amazing!" Just like you.
My eyes shift from her to the floor cuz I'm so afraid she'll see something in them that I'm not ready for her to see. We just met. She's a flirt. I, I can't say anything. Not yet, anyway…
She puts the car in reverse and instead of using her rearview mirror she places her hand behind my headrest, moving her body towards me to look out the back window with her head rather close to me. I can smell her pepperminty breath. Did she swallow a few breath mints just for me? Nah. I know I shouldn't but I can't resist studying her again. Those long eyelashes, those sexy lips-mmm and oh that plump bottom one, that incredibly sculpted arm, her slender neck, her cute C cup breasts, her flat tummy, her toned legs…I have to shake my head back to reality. Do you think she knew I was looking? Oh god, please don't let her think that! I'd be so embarrassed!
She turns back around and puts the car in drive, "Oh my god, I didn't even think to ask. Am I going in the right direction?" That was too cute!
"Oh yeah, I'm just up the street."
"You live close. Good to know," she keeps her face forward so I'm not sure what she meant by that because I can't see her eyes. I just hope it's the reason I'm hoping it is!
I point to my house and she pulls into my driveway putting her car in park. I release my seatbelt and just as I'm about to get out of the car and thank her she starts talking. I stop and look at her.
"Em?"
"Yeah."
"Can I ask you something?"
"Sure." Oh my god, what could she possibly want to ask me! I'm so nervous!
I start rubbing my hands together.
"You look really good."
"That's not a question."
She laughs, "I'm getting to it. You're not dressed to hang out with friends. You're dressed to turn heads. You definitely turned mine." What! What did she say! Did she really say that or did I just hear what I wanted to hear!
"I did?"
"So, tell me, what was this all about?" She gestures with her hand up and down my body.
I take a deep breath and I open up to her like I've known her forever, "I guess after being in Texas and really taking care of my body I felt like I was ready to share it with whoever might appreciate all the work I put into looking like this."
"Oh, you're appreciated alright, don't even give that a second thought," she winks.
I look down at my fidgeting hands to smile not wanting her to see what her words to do me.
"So, I left the house with my head held high but by the time I got to Spencer's it was hanging low."
She senses my distress putting her hand on my shoulder massaging it just like I did to her in my thoughts.
"Why? What happened?" She squeezes my shoulder before taking her hand away. But I don't want you to take your hand away!
I look up at her shyly, "Just some high school boys yelling embarrassing things to me out the window. You know, about certain parts of my body in a nasty kind of way. It made me feel ugly."
"Oh Em," she lifts my chin to look at her, "Listen, don't let a couple of assholes make you doubt yourself." She takes her hand back and I keep my chin up.
"Yeah but…"
"No yeah buts, you have a smokin' hot body and if you want to share it with the rest of us then I say more power to ya! Take their assholeness as a complement and don't let people like that make you afraid to be who you were meant to be, your true self." What? Is there a hidden message in there? Does she know I'm gay? Am I being that obvious?
"Thanks Maya. I really appreciate you saying that."
And then she does it.
"Mwah!" right on my cheek! God I could love her!
I force myself to come back to the now and say, "Can I ask you something?"
"Sure, what's up?"
"Are you your true self?"
"Wow, getting deep are we?" she winks. I flutter.
"You don't have to answer, I mean, we've only known each other for a day."
"I will answer and I thought it was a great day!" Wink. I'm so done. "Yes, I am my true self. I like what I like and that's about it." But what does that mean? Are you gay? Do you like me?
"So you don't shy away from stuff like those boys."
"I would've told them to fuck off cuz nobody's gonna fuck a bunch of assholes!"
I look at her surprised by her candor though I don't know why anymore and we bust out laughing!
"Thanks Maya. Thanks for everything."
"Anytime Em. Don't be a stranger. Mwah." Wink. Smile. Done.
I let myself out of her car and walk to the other side, "Bye Maya," I give her a quick wave before turning around to go inside with a bounce in my step. Will she notice my bounce like I noticed hers?
And just when I think she doesn't, I hear, "See ya beautiful! Now that's what they should've said! Head high Em, head high!"
And then she's gone and I must be a thousand shades of pink. But that's okay because the way she said it, it made me feel confident about how I look. She noticed me! I'm happy, happier than I've been in forever!
I crawl into bed thinking about her. That's all I can think about. I fall asleep and I dream dreams I shouldn't be dreaming. Damn I need to stop reading "…The College Years" FanFiction! Nah! I smile a fulfilled smile and continue my escape into the world of my truth…
My phone is vibrating on my night table. What the fuck! It's so early, I think.
I grab my phone and answer it with a zombied, "Hello."
"Damn, someone's not a morning person is she!"
That voice! I know that voice!
"MMMaya?"
"Good morning sunshine! I hope you don't mind the wakeup call but Spencer gave me your number. I hope that was okay."
I scoot up against my pillows, "Yeah, yeah, of course it's okay."
"Anyway, how else am I supposed to get to know you?" Is this real? "You sound tired. I woke you didn't I."
"It's fine. I guess I was in a deep sleep. I barely heard my phone."
"Oh, maybe you were dreaming. About me!" she laughs. But I was. And it's not funny. Sad face.
"Maybe." Whoa, where did that come from! Shit!
"Ha ha! Damn you were quick on that! I like it! Oh and maybe I was dreaming about you! See, I can be quick too!" What does that mean! Was she dreaming about me?! Sad face turns to happy face!
I'm sitting up now running my fingers through my hair feeling a little nervous.
"So get your ass out of bed! I'll be there in half an hour so you better be ready!"
My head pops up! I'm kneeling on top of my mattress! What! She's coming over right now!
"You are? You are not."
"Hmmm? Are you doubting me? Well I guess you'll find out soon enough!"
"Wait!" I cry. "Where are you taking me?"
"Breakfast at The Brew and then the lake. So wear your bikini under your shorts and shirt." Just the two of us?
"But what about Spencer?"
"Oh, she had to go to Philly for the day to visit Melissa with her parents so I guess you have me all to yourself!" I have you all to myself! YAY! Thank you Spencer!
I fall back onto my bed twirling my hair with my finger smiling, smiling real big!
"Are you there? Hello?"
"Yes, yeah, I'm here."
"Well, you better get ta gettin' cuz now you only have twenty-eight minutes. Bye Em."
"Bye." Maya! Maya! Maya!
I race to the shower washing everything especially down there, I mean, I always wash down there but I'm really washing down there, I don't know why, I just am! I wash my hair and shave my legs and underarms and down there. Gotta have a smooth down there, fine, pussy! Why? I don't know. I just have to! I'm not saying she's gonna put her hand anywhere near there but I am as soon as I get home!
I put on my smallest bikini-white, my shortest shorts-white this time, my tightest tank top-light blue, my sandals, my beach bag with towel, brush, deodorant and suntan lotion. Please rub lotion on me!
Ding dong.
She's here! I race down the stairs barely able to contain my excitement!
I open the door!
My smile fades, "Hanna?"
"Well, hello to you too. Nice welcome Em," She pushes passed me into the house.
"Sorry. How are you?" We hug.
"I'm back and ready to do anything with anyone besides my mom," she rolls her eyes.
"Hanna!"
"What! We spent practically the whole summer together. I need a break from gingy." Did she really just say that?
"Well, I'm going to the lake." With Maya so you need to go like now.
"The lake! I wanna go!"
"But my ride will be here any second."
"No worries. I'm already wearing my suit under this," she lifts her shirt. "And my bag's in my car. I thought you and I could go to the lake but this is even better! I'll go get my stuff!" No fucking way!
Hanna grabs her bag, locks her car, and puts her sunglasses on ready to ruin everything!
She starts walking back to the house when Maya pulls up. The car engine draws her attention, "Hey is that your ride? Damn that's nice! I call shotgun!" I wish I had a shotgun!
I can't even believe this is happening right now!
"I'll wait in the car with your ride. Does she have a name?"
"Maya. Maya St. Germain."
"Cool. I'll introduce myself. Em, hurry up! Get your stuff and let's go!"
I grab my bag and lock the door behind me. I flip flop super annoyed to the car. Don't get me wrong, I love Hanna to death. And it might come to that! But this was supposed to be my day with Maya, just me, just me and Maya…
"Hey Em, I didn't know we were gonna have company but like I say the more the merrier!" And like I say, "Yee fuckin' haw!"
"Thanks for letting me tagalong."
"No problem. It was bound to happen sooner or later and I'm glad we'll get to know each other before the sleepover," Maya reminds us. "It'll be fun!"
"Oh yeah, the end of summer sleepover! What what!" Raise the fuckin' roof already! Whatever!
"Em, throw your stuff in the back. Here, let me get out for ya." Wink. Melt. Done.
She opens her door stepping out of the car to push her seat down for me. I scan her up and down. It's impossible not to!
"There," she holds out her hand and helps me climb into the back of her car. I really could love her!
"Thanks."
"You okay back there?"
"Yeah its fine."
"Well you know the rule," Maya says.
"Rule?" Hanna asks.
"You get shotgun there. Em gets shotgun back." Wink. Done.
"Fine with me! Let's go girls!" Hanna shouts!
Maya gets back in her car and off we go to The Brew and then the lake on our first official outing together…with Hanna.
Sad face…
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To Be Continued…
So, what do you think about Hanna? Haha!